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Thomas Rogers Soci e ty September 6, 2008 Why t he Passion for Genealogy ??? By: Tracy Ashley Crocker My Credentials-Member of: • Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America –[Founded 1939] Registrar General ~ Webmaster • Order Founders and Patriots in America – [ Founded 1896 ] • Baronial Order of the Magna Charta – [Founded 1898] Past Member of the Board ~ Webmaster • National Society of Americans of Royal Descent [Founded 1908] • Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry [Founded 1903] • Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors [Founded 1896] • Order of the Merovingian Dynasty [ Founded 2004] Founding Member ~Registrar General ~ Webmaster • Jamestowne Society [Founded 1936] • General Soc iety o f May flower D escend ants [F ound ed 1897] • Mayflower Society of Hawai`i – [Founded 1951] Past Editor • Mayflower Society of Minnesota • Thomas Rogers Society (Mayflower Pilgrim) – [Founded 1974] President ~Genealogist, 6th & 7th Gen. Project, and Webmaster • John Howland Society (Mayflower Pilgrim) • General Society of Colonial Wars [Founded 1893] • Order Colonial Lords of Manors in America [Founded 1911] • The National Gavel Society • Sons of the Revolution New York, (Founded 1890) Genealogist • Sons of the American Revolution [Founded 1889] • The Military Order of the Crusades [Founded 1934] Past Member of the Board ~ Webmaster • Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1565-1861 [Founded 1994] • Flagon and Trencher [Founded 1963] • War of 1812 New York (Founded 1826) • The Veteran Corps of Artillery, State of New York (established 1790)

Have acquired a significant personal library of books on Genealogy and Historical Events The Passion Historical Events

His tor ica l Figures

Places Historical Relics

History • Genealogy possesses a value which itillithincreases materially with each succeedinggy year and generation.

• In America we have been so busy in developing a new way of life ~ the pursuit of establishing our independence and current well being that many of us neglected to maintain our family history. • How better to honor our fore fathers and mothers than to perpetuate their memories and accomplishments.

How do we build on the future if we do not know our past? • The endeavor becomes a labor of love, the pursuit of the puzzle of life and the success of putting all the pieces together. The Thrill of the Search and What you will discover and what you will learn ?

“To be born is to be I know offf no individual who is responsible for their lineage…but we are all responsible for the future of that lineage” Seven Generations of Crocker’s Your Immediate Family Family Military History Ancestors Who Fought IN:

• World War II • Civil War • War of 1812 • American Revolution • ClColon ilWial Wars • Crusades Major Historical Events What was taught in History Classes, but has more meaning when it is part of your family history

• Defeat of Attila the Hun byyg the Merovingians (()448~471) • The Carolingian Dynasty and Charlemagne (8th to early 11th c. A.D.) • Rollo King of the Vikings 870-927 • William the Conqueror and the defeat of the English 1027-1087 • The Crusades 1099-1192 • The Barons of Runnemede ~ The Signing of the Magna Charta 1215 • Jamestowne 1606 • Mayflower and other ships that arrived in the New World 1620 ~ 1660 • Colonial Wars 1620~1776 • American Revolution 1776 • Colonial Lords of Manors 1600~1776 • The Great Migrations 1776~1900 • WldWIIWorld War II 1942 They Immigrated They Migrated The fun of plowing through Wonderful and Unique Records

Revolutionary War & Wills, Deeds, Church and Bible Military Records Land Records FilLttFamily Letters Records and Manuscripts

Old Documents Original Family Journals , Books, Cemetery, Obituaries Census and Civil Mayflower Compact and Documented Lineages and Death Records Records – Magna Carta Some PitProminent AtAncestors Civil War

Signing the Mayflower Compact American Revolution

William the ConquerorEleanor of Aquitaine Alfred the Great Barons of the Magna Carta Henry I

Charlemagne Childeric King of the Merovingians Crusaders Rolo King of the Vikings Some Fun and Unique

John I, King of England Forced to sign the Magna Carta

Faulk V – King of Jerusalem

Lady Godiva

Colonial Clergy

Bench and Bar First Tavern Owners Westminster Abbey and other Historical European churches and castles Places

Manors and Homes IN Europe

American Revolution and other major battles in America

Government and Historical Buildings

Homes of our Manor Homes Founding In America Fathers

Crests & Heraldry DNA

The New Horizon in Genealogy How to Do Genealogy Properly

• In filling out the application, lineage data should be as complete as possible to the best knowledge of the applicant provin g each generation. Names of all persons should be in full (not initials ). (John Henry Jones). Dates are to be shown with the day of the month, then the month, then the year (6 March 1945).

REFERENCES:

• References are to be cited which will PROVE the applicant’s claim for each generation. Proof of parentage for each generation, including the applicant, is essential, i.e. that the person named first in a generation was the child of the couple named in the following generation.

• Where ppproof is found in unpublished ‘PRIMARY” records,,,p,g such as birth, baptism, marriage or death records in family Bibles, wills, deeds, census records, sworn statements of parents, grandparents, or other vital records, etc. each shall be listed in the references for the generation to which it pertains with the note “copy supplied” and photo or photo copies of them provided by the applicant. On each such photocopy the name(s), date(s), etc. and the generation(s) for which it is submitted as proof shown as “Gen#___. When a record is from a family Bible submit photocopy of title page attached to the record.

• Published “SECONDARY” records are to be described by the full title in quotes, date of publication, author, volume and page for dates and places of birth, marriage, and death for the applicant and for the child. Photocopies of the publication along with the title page are required. UNACCEPTED REFERENCES:

• References to Membership in other societies are not acceptable as proof •LDS • Group Sheets • Internet genealogies or family genealogies that do not reflect primary sources

Unaccepted Publications:

• Publications that are not supported by primary sources

•“Compendium of American Genealogy” by Virkus Thank You! Qi?Questions?